A classmate (Art) mentioned a few weeks ago that UCLA was not certified by the National Association of Schools of Music, those infallible g-ds of musical academics. (Granted, the faculty is first rate for the applied faculty, musicology and ethnomusicology alike.) I didn't believe him, but it turns out he was right. It seems to be an outdated way to run a beaureacracy, but there were separate departments for each, and at least for ethno and musicology, it is a very prominent place to get an advanced degree.
This past November, however, the three departments united under a new banner. There's a very brief video about it here.
How did these three departments merge and what did they become? Well, after a 30 Million dollar grant from Herb Alpert (unheard of in a public university, possibly second only overall to Yale's 9-figure grant), these three departments became The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.
I don't know that Ray Mase or Rolf Smedvig would have 8-figures to spare.
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As a matter of interest, I believe all of the University of California Schools are organized that way, and I don't think any of them are accredited by NASM (although I could be wrong?)
There was probably a poorly worded ballot initiative that guarantees that each university has like 500 departments to be as cost-ineffective as possible.
That's really interesting, though, and a good bit of context.
The most amazing part about this is that you found another way to post about Herb Alpert. I didn't think it could be done!
I am waiting for the Chuck Magione School of Music or the Kenny G School of Music.
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